Mounting a BeeGFS Share?

[Jason Simms]

Hello all,

Has anyone successfully exported a BeeGFS mount via NFS and then added it to a Globus DTN? We've followed their guidance[1], but despite all efforts, the DTN can't ever "see" it.

We have a BeeGFS share mounted at /data and we then have a shared lab directory at /data/labs that we would like to expose as a Globus collection. We simply can't get it to behave...

[1] https://doc.beegfs.io/7.4.6/advanced_topics/nfs_export.html

Warmest regards,

Jason

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Jason L. Simms, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Research Computing Manager

Swarthmore College
Information Technology Services

(610) 328-8102

[James Kube]

Hi Jason,

I can confirm that we have had users successfully access BeeGFS filesystems (mounted with NFS) via GCS Collections, but to help further troubleshoot we'll need a few more details.

Please open ticket via our Support Portal (or by e-mail: sup...@globus.org) with the output from the below and we'll be happy to help:

• `gcs self-diagnostic --collection ${collection}`
  • Note: Please set, or replace, ${collection} with the UUID of your Collection prior to executing

Thank you,

James

[Jason Simms]

Hello James,

Another user kindly helped us sort out the problem. BeeGFS's documentation includes the advice to set fsid=0, but that won't work for a non-block device. Setting it to fsid=1 resolved the issue, so it's now mounting cleanly, and we expect to configure the Globus collection without further impediments. If we run into any challenges, we'll reach back out.

Warmest regards,

Jason